Jewellery, Watches, Antiquities and Objects of Vertu

A cultured pearl and diamond necklace, by Van Cleef & Arpels, the V-shaped tapered centrepiece pavé set with brilliant-cut diamonds, suspending a graduated brilliant-cut diamond set heart-shaped hoop drop on a baguette-cut diamond set tapered bale, the whole suspended from a uniform cultured pearl necklace, interspersed with brilliant-cut diamond roundels, to a cultured pearl clasp, centrepiece signed ‘MRE VCA’ and numbered ‘515414 14474 CS’, bearing French lozenge maker's mark and indistinct French assay marks, necklace length 39cm. £2,400-£3,600